Footage reveals three-minute visit for dementia patient by homecare staff

A homecare agency paid to look after people with dementia has been spending as little as three minutes on care visits which are supposed to last half an hour - and cheating records to exaggerate the amount of care given. Staff employed by the Pathways of Hope company in Hampshire made it appear they spent far longer looking after 78-year-old Susan Beswick, who has Alzheimer’s. Video and documentary evidence from 1 to 10 January reviewed by the Guardian showed carers spent less than 90 minutes at her home, but logged close to six hours there. Beswick's family has described the short visits as 'totally inadequate'